Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-27 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Thursday 26 August 2004 23:43, Jesus Climent wrote: > On the other hand, as a comment, if the package has never been > uploaded, it does not make sense to have several changelog entries > (2.7c-1 and 2.7c-2). They should be put together, to avoid > dpkg-buildpackage to build a .changes which wi

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-27 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Thursday 26 August 2004 23:43, Jesus Climent wrote: > On the other hand, as a comment, if the package has never been > uploaded, it does not make sense to have several changelog entries > (2.7c-1 and 2.7c-2). They should be put together, to avoid > dpkg-buildpackage to build a .changes which wi

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-27 Thread Jesus Climent
Mathew is right. I have to be nicer with new people. And i should not write mails at 2AM when i am almost falling asleep and not taking more care of my language. However my points stand. DFSG are the guides by which a DD and non-DD wanting to put packages in the repository should be enlightened. T

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-26 Thread Jesus Climent
Mathew is right. I have to be nicer with new people. And i should not write mails at 2AM when i am almost falling asleep and not taking more care of my language. However my points stand. DFSG are the guides by which a DD and non-DD wanting to put packages in the repository should be enlightened. T

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-26 Thread Jesus Climent
> Hi people > > Well, about Raster3D. I have talked a little more with the author: > > *ABOUT THE LICENSE* > > OK, this is one time too many. It seems I must bow to the inevitable > and add a paragraph marked "License" to the web site and to the > distributed package. But it may take me some w

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-26 Thread Jesus Climent
> Hi people > > Well, about Raster3D. I have talked a little more with the author: > > *ABOUT THE LICENSE* > > OK, this is one time too many. It seems I must bow to the inevitable > and add a paragraph marked "License" to the web site and to the > distributed package. But it may take me some w

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-26 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I have a explicity permission to distribute Raster3D from the author. It can also be used for commercial purposes. The package is linda and linthian clean and is availabe at http://biolinux.df.ibilce.unesp.br/naoliv/raster3d/ Could someone take

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-26 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 03:52:34PM -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > So... even with the author giving us permission to put Raster3D on > Debian, it's necessary to have a license? Explicit permission to distribute should be enough for non-free. Include all the documentation you have (e.g. the

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-26 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi people Well, about Raster3D. I have talked a little more with the author: *ABOUT THE LICENSE* OK, this is one time too many. It seems I must bow to the inevitable and add a paragraph marked "License" to the web site and to the distributed packa

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-26 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I have a explicity permission to distribute Raster3D from the author. It can also be used for commercial purposes. The package is linda and linthian clean and is availabe at http://biolinux.df.ibilce.unesp.br/naoliv/raster3d/ Could someone take a loo

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-26 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 03:52:34PM -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > So... even with the author giving us permission to put Raster3D on > Debian, it's necessary to have a license? Explicit permission to distribute should be enough for non-free. Include all the documentation you have (e.g. the

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-26 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi people Well, about Raster3D. I have talked a little more with the author: *ABOUT THE LICENSE* OK, this is one time too many. It seems I must bow to the inevitable and add a paragraph marked "License" to the web site and to the distributed package.

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-24 Thread Frank Küster
Chris Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Judging by what you've said in the mail, I doubt Raster3D could go in > anything but non-free. Which is why I never filed an ITP bug... > It would help considerably to get an actual > license with the package (though there could be one, the server is

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-24 Thread Frank Küster
Chris Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Judging by what you've said in the mail, I doubt Raster3D could go in > anything but non-free. Which is why I never filed an ITP bug... > It would help considerably to get an actual > license with the package (though there could be one, the server is

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Chris Anderson
On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 19:16, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi people > > I have created a package of Raster3D. > It's available at http://biolinux.df.ibilce.unesp.br/naoliv/raster3d/ > > There is no license for the program, but talking with th

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi
* Nelson A. de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-23 20:16:34 -0300]: > There is no license for the program, but talking with the auhtor, he > allows the inclusion of the program on Debian. DFSG[1]: 8. License Must Not Be Specific to Debian The rights attached to the program must not depend o

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Stephen Frost
* Nelson A. de Oliveira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > There is no license for the program, but talking with the auhtor, he > allows the inclusion of the program on Debian. Based on his words, it looks like it'd be at *best* non-free. It certainly could not be included in Debian proper. This is, i

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Chris Anderson
On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 19:16, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi people > > I have created a package of Raster3D. > It's available at http://biolinux.df.ibilce.unesp.br/naoliv/raster3d/ > > There is no license for the program, but talking with th

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi
* Nelson A. de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-23 20:16:34 -0300]: > There is no license for the program, but talking with the auhtor, he > allows the inclusion of the program on Debian. DFSG[1]: 8. License Must Not Be Specific to Debian The rights attached to the program must not depend o

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Stephen Frost
* Nelson A. de Oliveira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > There is no license for the program, but talking with the auhtor, he > allows the inclusion of the program on Debian. Based on his words, it looks like it'd be at *best* non-free. It certainly could not be included in Debian proper. This is, i